Activities of Inés AYALA SENDER related to 2015/2128(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Annual report 2014 on the Protection of the EU's financial interests - Fight against fraud (debate) ES
Amendments (14)
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes with concern that the number of irregularities related to expenditure reported as fraudulent in 2014 dropped by only 4 % after a 76 % increase in 2013; urges the competent authorities to take all necessary measures to decrease the number of fraudulent irregularities, although not at the expense of control standards;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Acknowledges that the clearance mechanism (50/50 rule) provides a strong incentive for Member States’ to recovery for the EAGF is below the overall average, and fewer than half of the irregularities detected in 2009 had been recovered by the end of 2014; points to significant differences between the abilities of undue payments under EAGF from the beneficiaries as quickly as possible and takes note that by the end of financial year 2014, 45% of the new EAGF debts from 2007 and thereafter had already been recovered; is concerned, however, that 10 Member States tohave recover sums for irregular payments detected under the CAP and urges Bulgaria, France, Greece and Slovakia to significantly improve their resultsed from final beneficiaries less than the EU average of 45%;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes that the irregularities linked to the Common Fisheries Policy in 2014 returned to a level comparable to 2012 after a one-year peak in 2013; expresses concern regarding the high amount of fraudulent cases reported by Spain, Poland, the United Kingdom and Romaniatakes note about decrease in number of cases and amounts affected by fraud in 2014 as well as in amounts affected by non-fraudulent irregularities; expresses, however, concern regarding the increased number of reported non-fraudulent irregularities, and regarding high amount of payments affected by both kind of irregularities reported by 7 Member States;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that in the area of cohesion policy the trend for the number of irregularities reported as fraudulent is stabilisingdecreasing by 5% in 2014 compared to 2013, with 306 cases reported; is seriously concerned about the increase of over EUR 115 million, which is mainly due to a sharp increase (by 660 %) in reported fraudulent irregularities in the 2007-2013 cohesion fund programming perio76% of the amounts affected by fraudulent irregularities in 2014 over 2013 which is mainly due to a sharp increase of amounts involved under the Cohesion fund from EUR 21 million to EUR 161 million;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Takes note of the decrease in non- fraudulent irregularities regarding directly managed EU funds by the Commission, in terms both of the number of cases and the sums involved; is surprised that the number of fraudulent irregularities in 2014 quadrupled compared to the previous year and asks the Commission for detailed explanations and necessary action to counter this trend;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Notes with concern that despite of the numerous calls from the Parliament for the establishment of uniform reporting principles in all Member States the situation remains highly unsatisfactory and there are still significant differences in the number of fraudulent and non- fraudulent irregularities reported by each Member State; Considers that this problem creates a distorted picture of the real situation of the level of infringements and protection of the EU financial interests; Urges the Commission to make serious efforts to resolve the problem of existing different approaches in Member States to detect irregularities and non- homogeneous interpretations when applying the EU legal framework; (This amendment should come immediately below the subtitle "Better reporting")
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Urges the Commission to maintain its strict policy on interruptions and suspension of payments as a preventive measure against irregularities affecting the EU budget according to the relevant legal basis; calls on Commission, moreover, to keep the Member States and local authorities better informed about the implementation of its policy as well as to assist them to overcome the difficulties they meet to comply with EU requirements, bearing in mind that this process should not be undermined by political considerations; welcomes the fact that the Commission adopted a new decision on the Early Warning Mechanism (EWS) and looks forward to the creation of a comprehensive system of early detection and exclusion to be proposed by the Commission;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Is concerned by the steady increase in non-fraudulent irregularities regarding directly managed EU funds, in terms both of the number of cases and the sums involved; is surprised that the number of fraudulent irregularities in 2014 quadrupled compared to the previous year and asks the Commission for detailed explanations and necessary action to counter this trend; eEmphasises the complex nature of irregularities; takes the view that the Commission and the Member States take firm action against fraudulent irregularities; believes that non-fraudulent irregularities should be tackled with administrative measures, and in particular with more transparent and simpler requirements, more technical assistance by the Commission to the Member States and enhanced exchange of good practices and lessons learned among them;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls on the relevant authorities in Member States to perform better control and to use all available information to avoid errors and irregular payments involving EU funds;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Welcomes the fact that all of the Commission’'s services developed and implemented their anti-fraud strategies in 2014; invites the EU agencies, executive agencies and joint undertakings to do the same; emphasises the role of the Anti- Fraud Coordination Services (AFCOS) in fighting fraud; welcomes the adoption of national anti-fraud strategies by Bulgaria, Greece, Croatia, Malta and Slovakia and calls on the Member States concerned to submit their national anti- fraud strategies (NAFS) as soon as possible; calls on the Commission to monitor closely the implementation of the NAFSs;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Reiterates that, according to Article 325(2) TFEU, Member States ‘'shall take the same measures to counter fraud affecting the financial interests of the Union as they take to counter fraud affecting their own financial interests’'; is of the opinion that this provision is not met in the EUa satisfactory level by all Member States; is of the opinion that the Commission should develop a horizontal policy on the fightstrengthen its internal policy against fraud and corruption; emphasises that the Commission is also responsible for the effective spending of funds, and calls therefore on the Commission to put in place internal performance requirements;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Calls on the Commission to adopt the planning, implementation and control phase of the MFFconduct the MFF mid-term review in accordance with the results-based budgeting principle;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34a. Takes note of the role of OLAF within different JCOs in preventing losses for the EU budget and asks OLAF to include in its future annual reports more information and concrete figures about its contribution to the protection of the revenue side of the EU budget; (This amendment should come immediately below the subtitle "Investigations and the role of OLAF")
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and the Commission, the Court of Justice of the European Union, the European Court of Auditors, OLAF and the OLAF Supervisory Committee and OLAF.